As snow and strong winds start to hit the northeast, much of its citizens are barring down and preparing for possibly being stuck inside.

Keep up with the latest updates from the storm below:

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10 p.m. ET

Four people were killed in North and South Carolina after their vehicles ran off snow-covered roads, authorities said. Another fatality was reported near Philadelphia when a car could not stop at the bottom of a steep, snow-covered hill and slammed into a commuter train. A passenger in the vehicle was killed. No one on the train was hurt.

In New Jersey, Orlando Igmat’s car got stuck in a snowbank along the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls as he drove to work at Verizon. He waited a half hour for a tow truck to pull him out.

“I didn’t expect it (the storm) was going to be a heavy one. That’s why I went to work today. I’m going to stay in a hotel tonight,” he said.

More than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power at some point Thursday. While many outages were restored by the day’s end, officials from the mid-Atlantic to New England warned that those numbers might climb again as strong wind gusts and frigid temperatures continue through Saturday.

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The hurricane-force storm that roared up the East Coast, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine, also has unleashed record flooding.

The Republican governor of Massachusetts told reporters Thursday that the flooding resulting from a "historic high tide" led to the deployment of a number of National Guard high-water rescue vehicles to help stranded residents and vehicles.

Gov. Charlie Baker says weather officials believe Massachusetts experienced the highest high tide on record in the state.

Maine has seen the most tidal flooding in 40 years. The high tide in Portland on Thursday was 13.79 feet, nearly reaching the 14.17 foot mark reported during the Blizzard of 1978.

New Hampshire's Seacoast area saw flooding in streets and people's basements.

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The JFK airport posted to Twitter that it would continue to postpone resuming operations until the weather conditions are more favorably for flying.

Flights scheduled to resume at JFK Airport at 7 a.m. Friday, after today’s suspension of operations due to exceedingly strong winds and blowing snow. Fliers are urged to contact their airlines for information on resumption of specific flights before going to the airport.

“Flights scheduled to resume at JFK Airport at 7 a.m. Friday, after today’s suspension of operations due to exceedingly strong winds and blowing snow. Fliers are urged to contact their airlines for information on resumption of specific flights before going to the airport.”

The New York Giants' coaching search was delayed by a winter storm that dumped nearly a 1 1/2 feet of snow on some New Jersey shore towns.

The Giants had scheduled an interview Thursday with Eric Studesville, the recently fired Broncos' running backs coach who had been in Denver since 2010 and was the interim head coach after Josh McDaniels' firing that year.